The Government is providing funding of £150 million per annum for academic years, which has been extended to 2025. This is in place to provide new, substantial sports funding for primary schools . This funding is being jointly provided by the Departments for Education, Health and Culture, Media and Sport, and will see money going directly to primary school headteachers to spend on improving the quality of sport and PE for all their children. Click here for the Department of Education link to the Primary School’s Sports Funding page.
Purpose of funding
Schools will have to spend the sport funding on improving their provision of PE and sport, but they will have the freedom to choose how they do this.
Possible uses for the funding include:
How we are spending the Sports Funding and who will benefit?
The Governors agree that the money must be used so that: all children benefit regardless of sporting ability; that the most able children are given the opportunity to compete in advanced tournaments; that staff have access to training opportunities and continued professional development.
Having achieved School Games Gold for the last few years and "School of the Year" from our local sports network we are really trying to build on the enjoyment and participation in PE and sport at Our Lady of Lourdes.
Sports Funding 2017/18
Sports Premium
This year we will receive £16,770 in Sports Premium funding. The funding has been spent according to the guidelines set out at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pe-and-sport-premium-funding-allocations-for-2017-to-2018
So far we have spent:
|
Cost (£) |
Impact |
Lancaster and Heysham Cluster |
2000 |
CPD Competitions Salt Ayre – X height Borwick Hall OAA x 2 |
OLCC Cluster |
900 |
Competitions Coaching sessions |
Carnforth Cluster |
|
Competitions Coaching sessions |
Transport |
120 |
Take part in events that would not have been able to take part in otherwise. |
Kit for Staff |
600 |
To look smarter and represent the school. Safety when on trips. |
Equipment |
381 |
Den building Top up equipment that could not have afforded to replace. Footballs/rugby balls |
Dance Teacher |
3090 |
Allow children to experience dance at a different level. TA learning from teacher – what is expected.
|
Kit for children |
TBC |
Smarter to represent school |
Other |
100 |
Allow children to participate in a variety of activities. |
Total |
7191 |
|
We intend to ….
+ get the running track resurfaced.
+ we will also be looking into other uses for the funding.
Sports Funding 2016/17
Already this year we have used our sports premium for exciting new projects:
Class 4 have been learning how to ride their bikes safely. They have learnt to :
Read road signs
mount a bike
set of safely - looking behind you
signal
Change gear
make a u turn
ride in and out of cones
emergency stops
Quick turns